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Definitely if you're in or passing through Slaughter Beach you should stop here (otherwise I wouldn't make a special trip). There are displays, etc. explaining all of the local wildlife unique to this area. There was also a live stream video from across the bay which zoomed in on the local birds. The super friendly and knowledgable staff really made...
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DuPont nature center has observation glasses to look through at the many shorebirds on the sandbars near the center. They also have a mounted camera, which, using a joystick, you can adjust to help you see the birds from within the center. They have informational videos and displays about migrating birds, but especially horse shoe crabs.

What a wonderful little center! I went during game shorebirds migration time and the birds were amazing. Since it is a refuge viewing is from a distance with binoculars or the long distance telescopes on the deck. Inside there's a live bird cam and a high powered scope for viewing. The focus here is on the relationship between horseshoe crabs...
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We were told time and time again to visit this nature center especially if we wanted to see the Red Knots. Well we came during operating hours and no employees showed up. We checked the website and it said the place would be open. People came and went because no employees were there to open the nature center. All it...
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The DuPont nature center is That’s one of the best places to see migrating shore birds in the spring, when they stop over on the Delaware Bay to fatten up on horseshoe crab eggs on their way to nesting grounds farther north. We were there the first week in May, 2016. The horseshoe crabs hadn’t really hit the beaches big...
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We enjoyed the historical information presented by the Nature Center. The Staff of volunteers don't seem too friendly, as there were 3 on-duty and none welcomed our group or asked if we had any questions. But, at least they are volunteering, so that's a good thing.

After driving miles through corn and soybean fields, you arrive at a ramshackle fishing village on Delaware Bay. But what is here is a vastly entertaining and educational nature center focused on sealife and shore birds (both resident and migratory) of the Delaware Bay.
The most fascinating is the story of the horseshoe crab, which here is the densest population...
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Excellent place to learn something about the Delaware Bay environment. Watch workers do shoreline restoration work, learn about the imortance of horseshoe crabs.
Very knowledgeable volunteers and nice hands on with fish, shells, etc.

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